Chapter Five
The morning glow shone on their faces as they slept soundly. Kate stirred under a heavy weight. Tony lay on his side facing Kate's back, his arm resting along the curve of her waist. So much for staying on his side. Kate turned her head slightly to face Tony. "He looks so cute and innocent." She said to herself. Abruptly, as if he was waiting for Kate to look at him, he popped his eyes open much like he did in the office on numerous occasions. "Hey!" "Tony!" Kate pushed his arm of her and stood up quickly. "We're you awake the whole time?" "Yeah but at least I wasn't goggling at you." Tony was obviously awake and Kate was in a bad mood. "I WAS NOT GOGGLING AT YOU." She walked to the bathroom and slammed the door.
Tony slipped out of the bed, stood in front of the bathroom door with a purple toothbrush in his outstretched hand. Kate, still angry, opened the door and was looking around for her toothbrush. Seeing it in Tony's hand, a huge smile on his face, she snatched it and slammed the door in his face. The smile never left his face the whole time. It was so much fun to bug Kate. Unless she got so mad she'd kick his ass, but he knew he could push her a bit further before that would happen. "Aw…come on Kate. How long are you going to be mad at me?" Tony spoke from the bed when he heard the bathroom closet door slam shut. "As long as it takes." Kate bellowed turning on the shower. Tony turned on the TV, lying down on the bed. Half-an-hour later a loud ear-piercing scream echoed form the bathroom.
Tony jumped up and tore down the locked bathroom door. "TONY! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Out of nowhere, Kate popped up and jumped on Tony, causing him to fall flat on his back, Kate on top of him. Her soaking wet hair, which looked black at the moment, dripped onto his face. She sat up still not getting of him. She held a piece of crumbled up paper in her hands. Tony searched her eyes to see if this was a joke. It wasn't. He reached out his hand, and tugged on the paper until Kate gave it up. She got up and walked to the sink, her hands wrapped around her shaking shoulders. Tony still on the ground, gazed at the paper and stood up. "I didn't get this Kate. I swear I never knew this." "Oh like you didn't do background checks on me when I got into NCIS." Kate replied coldly. His voice quavered. "I didn't do this. I have no idea what is going on. What is this about?" He asked, hoping he didn't get smacked on the head or slapped on the arm, or even get his ass kicked.
"My boyfriend, Rick, and I, were at a party. The lights went out and no one knew who did it. But by the time they came back on, all the people were gone and Rick was shot. I dragged him to a closet, so I could find out what was going on. The pain was unbearable for him. The person who shot him was taking him back to a hospital because he had a medical condition, but I never knew that…until that night. He told me that he would rather die than go back there…He was screaming out loud from the pain, and I killed him. He asked me to, and I did it. He would have died anyway from the pain and the loss of blood, but I killed him." A tear fell from her brown eyes and slid down her check to her chin and then disappeared. Tony was shocked. Kate was crying. For the first time in the 3 years they knew each other, and probably the first time in 10 years, Kate was crying. Tony scooted over to Kate, who was sitting on the sink looking down at the miserable carpet of boring beige, and put his arms around her shoulders, kissed the top of her head and held her close. "I just left his body there for them to take and possibly do experiments on because his disease was rare. Who knows what they did to him and it's my entire fault. I killed him and let them take his body away." Tony just held her more closely and tight. "Kate…I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry." That was all he could say. "Tony, I was in love with him."
Kate slid off the marble counter and into Tony's arms. "I loved him so much." Tony's palm lingered on her face as he looked down into her eyes longing to make her feel better. The sobbing stopped. Tony bent down and let his lips rest on Kate's. At first Kate resisted but then she began deepening the kiss. Tony wrapped his arms a round Kate and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss even more. A moment later, they pushed apart their breathing heavy.
"Oh. Sorry, didn't mean to disturb the honeymoon couple." A voice rang out. Kate and Tony backed up from each other immediately. "Landon…hi." Kate said wishing he would go away. "How did you get in here?" Tony asked getting mad. "The…uh…the door was open." Landon replied, voice shaking for a moment. Tony was about to say something but was interrupted. "I would like to invite you to a party this evening." Landon stared at Kate making chills run down her spine. "You too, Jake." He said as if hoping Jake was dead. Without another word he spun around and walked off. Tony walked behind him and latched the door. The lock had a new grove in it. Landon picked his way in.
"Tony." Kate was behind him, her palm resting on his shoulder. "I know what you're thinking." Tony's eyes lit up. "WE have to go so he doesn't get suspicious." Kate stated. "Yeah. You gonna be okay Katie?" "Come on Dinozzo. I'll be fine." The bossy attitude entered her once again. "Whatever you say. But Kate?" "Yeah?" "We need to start talking like we're on a honeymoon. He could have wired the room." Tony suddenly whispered. "All right honey!" Kate said getting into the act. She spun on her heels and a crunching sound came from her feet. Tony picked up the paper. It was the news article about Rick. He crumpled it up and threw it in the trash.
Several hours later, Tony sat on the bed, dressed in black pants and a fancy type button down white shirt, waiting for Kate to come out of the bathroom. "Cindy, come on! We're gonna be late if you don't hurry up." He whined making sure he kept up in the act. The door creaked open and Kate slide out. Tony's jaw dropped to the floor. Kate was wearing a low cut backless black dress with matching heels. The dress hugged her in all the right places and complemented her figure. "Wow!" Tony let out a low playful moan. "You look great." "Thanks. You don't look to shabby yourself." Kate said with a warm friendly smile. "Wanna go now?" Tony questioned not wanting to share Kate with anyone else. "Sure." Kate advanced to the door but Tony pulled her back. "Tony?" He bent down and kissed her. Not like he kissed the random girls he went out with. This was more. Much more. "Okay, now we can go." Tony said his heart pounding.
The phone rang interrupting the soft stares they gave other. Kate picked up the phone, not sure if she really wanted to. "Kate…is that you?" Kate heaved a sigh of relief. It was Gibbs. She was just about to say "Hi Gibbs" But if the room was wired it would tip off Landon, so she said the only thing she could think off. "Hi daddy!" Tony could barely keep from laughing after Kate mouthed the words, Gibbs, to him. "Jake and I are going to a party." She happily gabbed as if she were back in high school. She heard Gibbs talking to Abby. "I think Tony got her drunk." She then heard Abby giggling. "It's code Gibbs." "I knew that!" Gibbs sarcastically said. "Well, honey... (Abby giggled)…shut it Abs…have fun at the party. Bye." He hurrdily hung up. Then Kate put her end down.
Tony burst out laughing and couldn't stop until Kate hit him with a pillow. "Let's go." She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the door. The icy cold wind brushed Kate's hair behind her. Tony moved his hand and entwined his fingers through Kate's. Kate lightly leaned on Tony as they walked along a path. Five minutes later they came to the outdoor party and sat at a table that faced the full moon, her head resting on his shoulder. Landon turned around and felt a ping of jealously as he saw Kate and Tony, the perfect couple. The jealously soon turned to anger and all he wanted to do was get rid of Tony.